{"id":6677,"date":"2014-12-25T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=6677"},"modified":"2015-02-20T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:21:23","slug":"december-25th-nintendo-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2014\/12\/december-25th-nintendo-download\/","title":{"rendered":"December 25th Nintendo Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/nintendo_download_wiiu_eshop.png\" alt=\"Nintendo Wii U eShop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/sA3r5ATfLZ94dOjeeNOyLuNpD7H6EmiK\" target=\"_blank\">Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Embark on a new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly-dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse. As a pirate, Shantae gains new weapons to advance her quest, slay monsters, battle epic bosses \u2026 and hopefully get her magic back in the process. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/KXHGktkBmqY\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to watch a trailer for this game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also new this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/5UB2kLkDgMJC3A036WIxzgQDqoN3w9Mw\" target=\"_blank\">Spy Chameleon<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo eShop on Wii U)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/cTUZCfEzKu6s2wksgif2qFe4RNtLbtC4\" target=\"_blank\">Toon Tanks<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo eShop on Wii U)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/nintendo_download_wiiu_virtualconsole.png\" alt=\"Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/yEiAzhU2eQI1KZ7wOHhngFoAHc1FpHwj\" target=\"_blank\">Duck Hunt<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Grab your Wii Remote controller! It\u2019s duck season and your trusty hunting dog is ready to scour the open fields. Test your sharp-shooting skills as your targets take flight in this legendary NES classic. Be quick to knock them out of the skies, or your canine companion won\u2019t hesitate to make you the laughing stock of hunters. Need a change in scenery? Best your score against clay pigeon targets instead.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/wzM9ziqiTZpgNPq4JAavAReWTZAbowDX\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Party Advance<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Bowser has crashed the party and scattered all of Party World\u2019s mini-games and Professor E. Gadd\u2019s Gaddgets around Shroom City! Play as Mario, Luigi, Peach or Yoshi and move around the board to complete special challenges or help the locals solve their problems.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/LseBH4yzzqMh0Y0bxsTfZ66Tn5H95RcQ\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Everything from the original Super NES game<em>Super Mario World\u00a0<\/em>is here in this Game Boy Advance remake, giving you all 76 levels with a host of unforgettable characters and challenging platforming game play. You can also play the timeless arcade classic\u00a0<em>Mario Bros.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/nintendo_download_3ds_eshop.png\" alt=\"Nintendo 3DS eShop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/fn1p9tW65CCjtNx275yfPvjGhPbqJqRg\" target=\"_blank\">PUZZLEBOX setup<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0In PUZZLEBOX setup you hold the Nintendo 3DS system upside-down. Use the stylus to select a colored tile on the Touch Screen which is then on the upper side. If you release the color the tile falls down in the selected column. Let the matching tiles fall down into the glass bottle on the 3D Screen to copy a painting or to complete a setup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/nintendo_download_3ds_virtualconsole.png\" alt=\"Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/GWDxJ00Q-q4ZnzYQHesnxC1gxJkIjCTF\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Bros. Deluxe<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Battle Bowser\u2019s vile henchmen through 32 levels in the Original 1985 game mode. Move on to collecting special Red Coins and Yoshi Eggs in Challenge mode. Then, try to unlock a secret mode that\u2019s waiting to be found by super players like you! Every mode will give you the chance to beat your own score \u2013 there\u2019s a lot more to do than just saving a princess.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Nintendo Wii U and 3DS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/zL9bjGbtc9Jr5UroQyrEHaMuwrWaNBGV\" target=\"_blank\">PIKMIN Short Movies<\/a> \u2013 Watch the colorful antics of Pikmin as they jump into three short movies: The Night Juicer, Treasure in a Bottle and Occupational Hazards. Directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the three shorts are available in HD for Wii U and in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Get all three in one pack in the Nintendo eShop. You can also download a free demo of the Pikmin 3 game in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. You will be able to transfer your data to the full game if you decide to buy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>World StreetPass Holidays<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>World StreetPass Holidays: Dec. 24-Jan. 4 \u2013 Celebrate the holidays and ring in the New Year with StreetPass tags from all over North America and Europe. Just take your StreetPass-enabled Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 2DS system to a Nintendo Zone location during the holidays and you may trade Mii characters and certain game data with other fans in faraway states and countries. For more information about how to use StreetPass via StreetPass Relay Points visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/3ds\/features\/streetpass\/how-it-works\/#streetpass-relay-points\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. To find Nintendo Zone locations near you, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/3ds\/nintendozone\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse\u00a0\u2013 Embark on a new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly-dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse. As a pirate, Shantae gains new weapons to advance her quest, slay monsters, battle epic bosses \u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21,75],"tags":[1403,1386,1385,1395,199],"class_list":["post-6677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-eshop","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-nintendo-wii-u","tag-virtual-console"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shantae_pirates_curse.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-1JH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3999,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/11\/nintendo-unveils-upcoming-eshop-titles\/","url_meta":{"origin":6677,"position":0},"title":"Nintendo Unveils Upcoming eShop Titles","date":"November 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo revealed a bunch of new information about titles previously released, as well as showed off a little trailer of upcoming independant titles coming to both the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS eShops. 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